- What do you get when you mix kids, books and talk radio? You get Kid's Book Beat. Each month on WKXL Radio, Rundlett Library Media Specialist Nancy J. Keane takes to the airwaves to talk about books. Students join her for a book discussion. There is a different theme each month and listeners are encouraged to call in to join the chat.
- January 1999
- Theme: 8th grade fiction
- Guest reviewers: Adam Barbarie, Stevie Burrill, Sabrina Satorelli, Liz Walls and Jennifer Sacks (teacher), Rundlett Middle School
- Books reviewed by students:
- Alten, Steven. Meg : A Novel of Deep Terror. New York : Bantam Books, 1998 Reviewed by Stevie Burrill, Rundlett Middle School
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street New York : Random House, 1984. Reviewed by Liz Walls, Rundlett Middle SchoolLawrence, Iain. The Wreckers New York : Delacorte, 1998. Reviewed by Adam Barbarie, Rundlett Middle School
Talbert, Marc. Pillow of Clouds. Reviewed by Sabrina Sattorelli, Rundlett Middle School
- Books recommended:
- Bull Run / Paul Fleischman
- Cold Mountain / Charles Frazier
- Coyote Cry / Marc Talbert
- Daughters of Eve / Lois Duncan
- Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers
- Family / J. California Cooper
- Glory Fields / Walter Dean Myers
- Heart of the Jaguar / Marc Talbert
- Kid in King Arthur's Court
- Killer Angels /Michael Shaara
- Living up the Street / Gary Soto
- The Net
- Paper Knife / Marc Talbert
- Parrot in the Oven : Mi Vida / Victor Martinez
- Red Cap / G. Clifton Wisler
- Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner / Walter Dean Myers
- Root Cellar / Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn
- Scorpions / Walter Dean Myers
- Thin Ice / Marc Talbert
- Westing Game / Ellen Raskin
- Audience recommendations:
- Winnie the Pooh
1/30/99-- njk
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